professional
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3.7
- noun
- /prəˈfɛʃənl/
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profesional
- Is there a medical professional in the building?
- health professionals
- healthcare professionals
- mental health professionals
And whether you're a beginner or professional, come on over.
- And whether you're a beginner or professional, come on over.
- So our first year as working professionals, we were renting.
- So taking a class lets you see experienced professionals write quality proofs.
- Not everything that excites me as a professional in the field will excite you.
- Do you think there's enough things in place for professionals to then seek help?
- The verb For me, the work is what the professional said they would do.
- Here you the professional are the instrument of value.
- I mean, it's, they're super well known and they, their professionals are so good, so good.
Examples
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We can regularly read blogs of school library professionals, and we can follow via Twitter.
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Yet, instead of communicating and forming a partnership, these two professionals soon found themselves at odds.
Academic text (2013) -
Less than half of men seek professional help for their depression.
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Well, we're just two professionals having a conversation, right?
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You are here because you need professional help and we are the professionals.
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The University of Jordan also hired new professionals in the field of early childhood education.
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Item 39: Ask for information from health professionals about how to take good care of myself.
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For example, for management and business professionals, women earn 20.1% less than men.
Academic text (2017) -
Knowledge of cataloging principles and practices will help information professionals perform their jobs more effectively.
Academic text (2015) -
Is there a medical professional in the building?
Synonyms
384
3.7
A person who is paid to do something they are very good at
352
3.9
A person who knows a lot about one area of work or study
120
4.0
A person who works in a job that needs special training
5
3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
A person who works in a job that needs special training
A person who works in a job needing special training, like a doctor or lawyer
Antonyms
Compounds
8
2.2
A kind of sport put on as a show with paid performers and planned results
A group of people with the same job who support members and set standards for their work
5
3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
4
3.6
An organization of people with the same job who support each other's work
A relationship between a trained helper and a person who gets their help, like a doctor or lawyer
- Offensive
A person who often pretends to suffer to get attention or personal gain
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Professional comes from profession and profess, which mean 'a declared job' and 'to say openly'. A professional is a person who has training and does that job, so the word means someone who works with special skill and responsibility.